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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam
The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447045792135 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- benedwardotterypromo56@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. (Mrs.). LILLY ELLIOT Jnr." <adiaz@cooptransito.com.ar>
Reply-To: <benedwardotterypromo56@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:03:32 +0100
Subject: Lucky Winner
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Dear E-mail Account User Winning Prize,
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR PRIZE AWARD!!!.
This email is to notify you that you Email Address Account have won an
Microsoft Award Sum of £1.950.000 (One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty
Thousand British Pounds Only) being Euro million email lottery Summer
Promo
held on the 16/7/2015 In United Kingdom.
Please contact the Payment Director with your winning information: REF
NUM.
(No:
GFC8110/3740K) BATCH NUM. (HOL04-R591/XB301) WINING NUM.(NJP8182-131Y),
Ticket Number: (0031-4365021) Lucky Winner Number SPL (501/0267).
Kindly send the following Information to the below contact details for
easy
identification/timely consideration of your payment:
1. Your Full Name:
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2. Your direct phone:
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3. Date of Birth / Age:
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4. Your Occupation:
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5. Current Address (P.O. Box not acceptable):
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6: Amount Won:
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7. You're Lucky Winner No:
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By contacting:-
Contact Name: Prof. Benson Edward (Payment Director).
Address: Address. 24 Grosvenor Square London, W1K 6AH United Kingdom.
Email: benedwardotterypromo56@gmail.com
Telephone: +44 7045792135
The Euro million email lottery Promo is lawfully sponsored by the
Microsoft
Corporation Unit and is registered and protected by the Benelux
trademark
law in United Nation (UN).
Please note that the validity period is subject to the very first
contact
to the payment director will receive his payment with duly time, so
don't
delay to contact him with your contact details stated above as we
directed
you so that your name will be program in first quarter payment because
the
payment have a limit time period to close.
Congratulation!!!.
Yours Faithfully
Dr. (Mrs.). LILLY ELLIOT Jnr.
Lottery Coordinator Manager.
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